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The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast

London Welsh RFC

This podcast aims to give you the latest news from London Welsh RFC with interviews from the coaches, former and current players; and some of the officials from the club. During the season we will have match previews, plus all the post match reactions from both sides, as well as contributions from all playing sections of the club. Come on you Welsh. Hosted by Gareth Vaughan Jones

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00:55:01

LW 50: Paul Browne

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2021/04/21

Our guest this week is former London Welsh Board Director and Youth Chairman, Paul Browne. Paul is one of our fantastic volunteers at the club who brought all his four children to our Minis and soon got involved in Coaching and inspiring children to play our wonderful game. He tells us of the odd games he played for the Occies in the back row and how he enjoyed rugby both at Brighton College and Oxford University. Paul deepened his connection with the club when he became Youth Chairman and made

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00:44:21

LW Special 2: Eddie Butler

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2021/04/17

In our second special, we catch up with former Wales captain, Pontypool player and BBC Rugby Commentator; Eddie Butler. Our chat starts with Ed paying his tribute to the passing of our Club President, John Dawes. We cover his career path to the Commentary chair, we discuss why London Welsh chose not to play Pontypool for many years in the 70's; why Wales perform in the 6 Nations and not in the Autumn and the perception of London Welsh in Wales.

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01:06:35

LW 49: Tom May

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2021/04/14

Our guest this week is former England International, Newcastle Falcon legend, Toulon, Northampton and London Welsh captain, Tom May. Tom has had a glittering playing career, playing over 250 games in the English Premiership and someone who really enjoyed playing for London Welsh at the end of his playing career. He enjoyed it so much, he then played for the club across both seasons as an amateur player, whilst he was backs coach. We discuss life post rugby and how he keeps himself sane and how is

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01:03:54

LW 48: Lloyd Davies

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2021/04/07

Our guest this week is former club captain and current player, Lloyd Davies. Lloyd is a product of Monmouth School where he learned to love the game and then went off to Cardiff University to enjoy the social side of rugby and met Morgan Browne and Rhys Howells whilst playing there. Prior to University, Lloyd went to work in Australia and played for a small town North of Brisbane, where he perfected his side step, ensuring the strong Polynesian players would not be able to tackle him. Lloyd joined

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00:37:55

LW Special 1: Will Greenwood

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2021/04/02

Our guest for our first special episode is Rugby World Cup Winner, Will Greenwood MBE. The Special episodes are an opportunity for us to hear from different voices connected to the game and to understand how they might relate to London Welsh, Will discusses the return of the Community game and how he and his family get so much out of playing and coaching rugby at Maidenhead RFC. We discuss the possibility of a London Welsh fixture against them in a couple of seasons and reminisce a bit about Will's

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01:14:42

LW 47: Kevin Bowring

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2021/03/31

Our guest this week is Kevin Bowring. Kevin came to London Welsh in 1977 after playing with Clive Rees for the Voyagers in an Amsterdam 7's tournament. 267 appearances across 9 seasons, with 3 as club captain, puts him 6th on the all time appearances list. Kevin loved his time at London Welsh and enjoyed the tours, 7's tournaments and playing in our Centenary season fixtures against Barbarians and Fiji. He was never capped by Wales, even though many thought he deserved a call up; but he did get

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01:15:56

LW 46: Mike Powell

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2021/03/24

Our guest this week is former Club Captain, Mike Powell. Born and bred in South Wales and started his junior rugby journey at Caldicot RFC where he remains now, helping to Coach the senior team. Went off to study at University and whilst at Uni, played for Pontypool, Walsall, Exeter and captained Wales Students. Mike signed professionally for Bridgend and then had a season with Celtic Warriors, before he signed for Ospreys and played in their historic victory vs Australia. Mike signed for London

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01:09:22

LW 45: Richard Thomas

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2021/03/17

Our guest this week is Richard 'Barrel' Thomas. Barrel is a product of our Minis and Youth from the late 70's and early 80's; and was usually at Old Deep Park through his childhood as his father Edgar Thomas played for the club and was then heavily involved in Junior rugby and then with all the Senior Men's squads, as a Club Official. Barrel went on to play Senior Rugby for the club for 12/13 years and over 190 appearances in the first XV and then the same again in the Druids from 1988 -2000. He

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01:19:08

LW 44: Alex Davies

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2021/03/10

Our guest this week is former London Welsh player, Alex Davies. Alex is from the Wirral and only really got into rugby as a teenager as football was his first love. He played senior rugby for Birkenhead Park at 17 and then some matches for Sale Jets, but couldn't quite get an Academy contract at Sale. He commenced his degree and also went on his first visit to play rugby in New Zealand where he really fell in love with the country and the game. He came back and played for Waterloo, when he was

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01:00:01

LW 43: Zoe Jeanes

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2021/03/03

Our guest this week is Club Captain, Zoe Jeanes. She has been with London Welsh Women for over 8 years and takes us through that journey. She took up the sport at University where she signed up at the Freshers' Fair and then took a couple of weeks to decide whether to attend or not We are glad she did, as that was rugby and London Welsh's gain. Zoe works in recruitment and informs us of the many transferrable skills there are from rugby into the business environment and how she got involved with

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00:53:38

LW 42: Rob Ackerman

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2021/02/24

Our guest this week is former London Welsh, Wales and British & Irish Lions Centre, Rob Ackerman. Born in Ebbw Vale from great rugby stock, he went to Christ College in Brecon before following in his fathers' footsteps and playing for Newport RFC. Within a year of making his senior debut he was capped by Wales for the centenary test vs New Zealand at the Arms Park as a raw 19 year old up against some greats of the game. In the Summer of 1982, Rob decided to move to London Welsh as he was studying

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00:57:16

LW 41: Elis Staines

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2021/02/17

Our guest this week is current player Elis Staines. Elis is a graduate of Llandovery College in West Wales and managed to finish his education both academic and rugby in New Zealand. Back in the UK Elis came to University in London and found his way to London Welsh just as our first season got under way with Sonny Parker as our DoR. Since then, Elis has loved the environment at the club and made many connections and has found some good role models at the club who are like a second family to him

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01:03:18

LW 40: Danny Wilson

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2021/02/10

Our guest this week is Danny Wilson. Danny gave up playing rugby after a degenerative back condition in his early 20's meant he had to retire; which meant he focussed on a coaching pathway. Employed the the WRU to grow the game with schools and clubs; he then went to work for Cardiff Blues academy. He got his big break when London Welsh offered him the forward job in 2008 to work with Martin Jones and the rest is history. He has worked for three of the Pro 14 regions and coached Wales U20's at

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01:14:42

LW 39: Colin Charvis

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2021/02/03

Our guest this week is Colin Charvis. Colin commenced his senior rugby career at London Welsh whilst he was studying in London and stayed for four years having played in the Occies, 3rds, 2nds and over 80 appearances for the first XV. His club career took him from Swansea, to Tarbes (France D2), Newcastle and Newport Gwent Dragons. Colin will be remembered for his try scoring ability for Wales, with over 90 caps, 3 Rugby World Cups, Captaining Wales, plus a few appearances on the Lions tour of

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01:02:46

LW 38: Ed Jackson

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2021/01/27

Our guest this week is former London Welsh back row forward, Ed Jackson. Ed played for London Welsh for only two seasons, but what a two years they were for the club. Promotion from the play offs in the Championship to a season in the Premiership with Lyn Jones as our DoR. Ed went on to have a successful playing career with Wasps and Newport Gwent Dragons after leaving London Welsh, but he then suffered an horrific injury when diving into the shallow end of a swimming pool in April 2017. Having

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01:32:41

LW 37: Clive Griffiths

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2021/01/20

Our guest this week, is former London Welsh Director of Rugby, Clive Griffiths. Clive played Rugby Union for Llanelli whilst completing his A levels and then post University, combined teaching with playing for them. He was a full back and had to wait his time behind JPR Williams to get his cap for Wales, when he made his debut vs England. He then signed for St Helens and played Rugby League for 9 years for them and Warrington and he then got capped for Wales in Rugby League to be a dual code

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00:59:17

LW 36: Dylan Pugh

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2021/01/13

Our guest this week is Dylan Pugh. Dylan came to London Welsh from Neath RFC after a couple of successful years being coached by Lyn Jones; playing with many who went on to represent Wales and the Lions with distinction. His pathway to Neath wasn't typical as he was part of the Bath academy when Bath were in the pomp, but only played a couple of matches at senior level before he was snapped up by Neath. He sees London Welsh as his club as he was with us for over 6 years, playing under Adrian

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01:09:18

LW 35: Chris Lilly

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2021/01/06

Our guest this week, is Club Captain Chris Lilly. Before Joining Welsh, Chris had a rich rugby background, playing through the various Leinster age groups - A Schools, u18 etc. and got a rugby scholarship to UCD (University College Dublin). Chris then earned a place in the Leinster sub Academy for 2 years and started for the Leinster u20s during their winning interprovincial campaign. To top all of this Chris was called up to u20 Irish squad but was unfortunately not successful in gaining a place in

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01:01:46

LW 34: Will Taylor

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2020/12/30

This weeks' guest is Will Taylor, Strength and Conditioning Coach at London Welsh RFC. Will arrived at London Welsh in 2017 after Sonny Parker had got in touch with him to be part of the Coaching group with Cai and him, to take the club on a journey back up the leagues. Will was working in a restaurant, but this moment was pivotal to Will's life as this provided the opportunity for him to open up his own business, which is the gym, Barch Richmond in the Summer of 2018. Pre London Welsh, Will had

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01:21:35

LW 33.1 Christmas Special 2020.

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast ·

2020/12/23

In this weeks' episode we have our Christmas special, where we catch up with a number of guests to see how they are, how the club is fairing and how they will be spending Christmas. We have an episode available on Spotify only due to music rights. Joint Club President - John Taylor Life Member - Terwyn Williams Club Chaplain - Paul Hill Chairman - Danny Griffiths Director of Womens' and Girls Rugby - Ruth Barton Director of Mens Rugby - Cai Griffiths Chair of Supporters Club - Rhiannon

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